United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service FIRE TRANSFER IMPACT by STATE* and TERRITORY *Note: Impacts reported by Forest Service Regions. These do not include Regionwide impacts that occur in multiple states, nor national-level impacts. This list may not include all impacts—those that were realized later or those not reported by the Region. Forest Service June 9, 2014 IMPACTS 2013 IMPACTS 2012 ALABAMA • Construction work at Warden Station Horse Camp host • A $44,000 multi‐state ecosystem valuation “State and Private Forestry site was canceled. Redesign” project developed in partnership with States and other partners on • Construction of facilities at Conecuh Rifle Range totaling $35,000 non‐federal lands to improve forest resilience was canceled. was canceled. • Approximately $7,000 in funds for agreements with AUM, Troy and Auburn University for student employment was lost. • Agreements with Auburn University, the Alabama Natural Heritage program, and the Indigo Snake Partnership were not executed. ALASKA • A contract to build a critical health and safety need ‐ a mountain to repeater • A deferred maintenance project on the Tongass National Forest site ‐ was not awarded. was canceled. • Development of cleanup alternatives for the Monarch Mine on the • The initial inspection of the Placer River Trail Bridge was deferred Chugach National Forest was deferred. The Site is a contaminated until 2014. Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) site located along a high‐use recreation trail • Acquisition of a radar imaging system in partnership with that poses threat to human health from mercury and arsenic. USGS was canceled. • The Region was unable to award a critical health and safety project to • Monitoring of water quality Best Management Practices was repair a flood damaged road in a recreation site. reduced. • Bridge inspection equipment purchase was deferred. • The Sandy Beach Culvert Replacement project and Tongass • Trail bridge design was deferred. National Forest Road Storage projects on the Thorne Bay Ranger • Trail maintenance and repairs affecting miles of trail did not take place. District impacting 15 miles of road were canceled. • A timber sale layout contract was canceled ‐ which will impact • Installation of over 800 feet of culverts that reduce erosion impacts and outyear timber target accomplishment in FY 14 and FY 15. improve hydraulic connectivity did not take place. • The Suntaheen FishPass Viewing Platform rehabilitation contract • Mass wasting repair and mitigation at seven sites Regionwide did not take was unable to be funded. place. • The Russian River Road repair work on the Chugach National • Forest Plan revision work on the Chugach National Forest was deferred. Forest was suspended. • Forest Service contributions to the Alaska Mapping initiative were canceled. • The Eagle Creek Road Improvements/Simplified Stream • Fixed wing and helicopter field inspections were deferred. Simulation Fish Passage project was canceled. • The portion of the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center BIO Fuel contract planned for fiscal year 2012 was not awarded. • Outyear timber sale projects were delayed as a result of no Gate 1 contract awards. • Phase 2 of the construction of the Juneau Forestry Sciences Lab was deferred. IMPACTS 2013 IMPACTS 2012 ARIZONA • The Schultz Fire Agreement with Coconino County was partially • A road gate installation project on the Tonto National Forest to address health funded, leaving $600,000 to be funded in FY 2014. This will impact and safety concerns for forest travelers stemming from the public bypassing the FY 2014 program of work. passive road closures to gain access to a road rendered unsafe by erosion • Funds needed for preparation of the 4‐FRI and Southwest Jemez was canceled. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration projects were • Completion of trails projects on the Coronado National Forest was deferred. diverted. • On the Tonto National Forest, water rights acquisition, a $20,000 cost, was eliminated. • The Coronado National Forest was not able to award contracts to prevent loss of Chiricahua Leopard Frog critical habitat. • In the Verde watershed, fuels treatment projects to reduce potential for catastrophic fires in a WUI while providing open canopy for increased livestock forage, and improve habitat for goshawk (forest sensitive) and Chiricahua leopard frog (national T&E) were deferred. • Facilities maintenance on the Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest site will continue to be deferred, resulting in limitations on the site being fully utilized. For example, some buildings will continue as potential locations for Hantavirus concerns. ARKANSAS • A $19,500 grant project on the Ozark‐St Francis for the Native • Critical road maintenance on the Ouachita National Forest American Graves and Repatriation Act was canceled. was canceled. • Funding used for stocking bunkhouses used by universities and other partners who are doing surveys and monitoring on the Oazark‐St.Francis National Forest was canceled. • Funding for Environmental Assessments required for permits to drill wells and ongoing litigation support on the Ozark‐St. Francis National Forest was canceled. • Airlock doors, to protect against White nose bat syndrome, for Blanchard Cavern on the Ozark‐St. Francis National Forest were not purchased. IMPACTS 2013 IMPACTS 2012 CALIFORNIA • A contract to repair cracks in air tanker base taxiway in Southern • Trail work on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and repair of other California was canceled, increasing safety concerns for air key trails and trailheads was not completed and the Hat Creek Work Center tankers utilizing this taxiway. The lack of a contract award also Wastewater health and safety project on the Lassen National Forest was impacted jobs and the local economy. canceled. • The following land acquisition projects were not funded: Leech • The Dry Gulch Road on the Angeles National Forest, a project critical for Lake on the Mendocino; Sierra Nevada Inholdings on the Tahoe ecological restoration to improve watershed function, was canceled. and Eldorado; Santa Anna Mountains on the Cleveland; and Big • Abandoned mine site mitigation on the Tahoe National Forest to improve Sur Ecosystems on the Los Padres. watershed management and achieve ecological restoration goals was deferred. • On the Inyo National Forest, work on a blowdown area impacting visitor enjoyment was deferred and on the Los Padres National Forest was unable to repair storm damaged roads, resulting in safety concerns for the public, closing of roads or roads closed longer. • The Klamath National Forest was unable to finalize an agreement for archaeological surveys for timber sales scheduled for FY 14. • The Smokey Aspen Stewardship project on the Lassen National Forest was not completed, resulting in timber target shortfall. • Hazardous fuels and stewardship timber projects on the Tahoe National Forest were deferred. • On the Plumas National Forest two service contracts were deferred, resulting in a reduction of fuels acres treated, terrestrial wildlife habitat acres enhanced, and vegetation improved; and on the Eldorado National Forest, wildlife habitat projects were deferred and bat monitoring canceled. • Long‐term restoration activities and projects on forests damaged by fire and third party negligence ‐ including road and trail repair, recreation facility repair, watershed and stream restoration and improvements, habitat (animal/plant) restoration and protection, cultural site restoration and protection, invasive weed treatments and reforestation ‐ were deferred or canceled. • The following land acquisition projects were not funded: Deer and Mill Creek on the Lassen National Forest; Fleming Ranch on the San Bernardino National Forest; and Santa Anna Mountains on the Cleveland National Forest. IMPACTS 2013 IMPACTS 2012 COLORADO • Emergency repairs on the Pike ‐ San Isabel National Forests • Facilities improvement projects at the Lottis Creek Kiosks and the and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands were Crested Butte Forest Service housing were not completed. reduced to only critical repairs. • Over 25,000 acres of ecosystem assessments, part of forest‐ • Replacement of boundary signs that were destroyed in the High Park fire wide inventories, were not accomplished. was canceled. • The Aquatic Nuisance Program (invasive species) with the State • Abandoned mine mitigation work on the Akron Mine and Mill Site of Colorado was not funded. was deferred. • The Beaver Brookland acquisition project on the Arapaho/ • Hazard tree removal at recreation sites was reduced. Roosevelt National Forest was not funded. • A $72,000 project to clear downfall and conduct related trail • An agreement for timber sale administration on the Arapaho National maintenance in areas affected by the bark beetle was deferred, Forest was canceled. impacting 50‐100 miles of trail with associated effects on recreation • A $375,000 project to reduce hazard trees, decommission roads, and opportunities, outfitter‐guide operations, and recreation‐based community economies. conduct travel management was deferred. • Permit administration projects totaling $61,000 for land use • Over $400,000 in watershed projects was deferred. authorizations, including communication sites were deferred. • Over $300,000 in wildlife management projects were delayed, deferred or • Administration of Recreation Special Use permits for outfitter‐ canceled. guides were deferred and ski area applications for four season use improvements were deferred. • Vegetation